'How Focked Are We?' Offers Inside Look at COP15, Reporting in Signature Sassy Style on Climate Treaty Negotiations

SEATTLE, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- COP15, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, is only two weeks away. Want to know who's comin' to the party, who's drinking the spiked Kool-Aid, and who's the dud in the corner? Grist has you covered.

Starting today, and running through the conclusion of the conference on December 18, a special Grist series called "How Focked Are We?" will deliver in-depth, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the COP15 summit at http://www.grist.org/topic/copenhagen-climate-talks.

While nothing says "party" like a room full of climate negotiators, Grist realizes that wonky debates over carbon offsets might not be what everyone is looking for. So fear not. Grist's coverage of COP15 will have something for everyone - from substantive policy analysis and real-time reporting, to hallway hearsay and climate celebrity gossip

Pre-conference, Grist will let you know which climate deal makers to watch and which to ignore, plus what angles and issues will be most controversial. Grist will also serve up opinions and analysis from a panel of climate experts to help make sense of it all.

If you aren't sold yet on the whole "global warming" thing, or it just isn't top of mind, check out Grist's top 25 reasons to care about climate change (honestly, it does impact you personally--and scantily clad models care about it too!).

During two full weeks of international negotiations on the future of our planet, Grist's "How Focked Are We?" series will highlight the best bits, boil down the big issues, and explain what it all actually means.

It won't all be gloom and doom: We will also keep you entertained with daily videos from comedian Eugene Mirman. With camera in hand, he'll keep things light and show you behind the scenes of COP15.

Highlights of Grist's comprehensive COP15 coverage will include:

• Grist reporter Jonathan Hiskes covering the on-the-ground action and keeping an eye on the bad guys who'll be trying to disrupt the climate talks
• Author and Grist contributor Amanda Little chatting with celebrities and notable policy makers who are trying to shape the treaty
• Comedian Eugene Mirman posting daily videos that are sure to entertain
• Grist green-living guru Umbra Fisk exploring what climate change and the treaty talks mean to normal people
• And Grist energy and climate expert David Roberts telling it like it is as the conference unfolds

After the Copenhagen conference ends, Grist will be launching an interactive, open-source "Hopin' Not Mopin" project to stave off the gloom and keep people focused on positive climate action.

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